The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed catcher Pete LaForest off waivers from the San Diego Padres. The Phillies will likely just use LaForest as a left-handed pinch hitter as they already have three catchers ahead of him on the depth chart. LaForest played in 10 games this season for the Padres and he was 9 for 25 (.360 avg, .987 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs.